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09:59:06 on Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Tim Trent
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>Actually I am not being sarcastic at all. A smartcard of the future will be
>perfectly able to transmit data wirelessly. As I said, "Later".
They might have an RFID installed (which transmit over an inch or two
when activated by a nearby tranmitter). But unless these are in Mk1, I
don't think we'll need to worry about it for a while.
>As for trains, indoors etc, these are simply technical issues to be
>overcome. A "leaky feeder" to wire all tunnels for radio is available today
>for radio reception. Similar technology either exists today or will exist
>in the future for transmission/signal pickup.
The leaky feeder will allow the SMS to continue to work (modulo being in
a Virgin Voyager which apparently cripples all GSM) on a train if all
the tunnels are so equipped (little sign of this so far). But that
doesn't solve getting the satellite signals either on a train or in a
building. You *need* a clear view of the sky and several of the
satellites at once.
>The more extreme right or left the politics of a government the more likely
>they are to track and control. And, of course, they will start with
>offenders and the public will say "Good show!"
I agree with your earlier thesis that the general public is very much of
the view "If you don't want a tag then don't go round groping young
girls". But you'll only get then out of that mindset if they think that
they might one day be a target (even though they aren't today).
Something like a future government deciding that most cancers are caused
by passive smoking, and therefore anyone who has ever smoked is now a
villain, and needs to be punished.
--
Roland Perry
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